Centerline: July 21, 2015

Lessons from WI's Statewide Payment Retreat

Healthcare Innovation News featured a case study on the Center's efforts to help align last year's Statewide Payment Retreat in Wisconsin. Find out how we brought people to the table and what we learned along the way.

>>Read the full article

Our New Events Page is Now Live!

Looking for new venues to learn, share, and connect? Dust off your passport and check out our new Events page at createvalue.org to see upcoming opportunities across the globe. 

>>Visit the Events page

 

Continue Your Education at the Lean Leadership Series
Oct. 13-15, Stuart, FL

Reduced Price 

You told us cost is sometimes a barrier to lean learning and we listened! Our October Lean Leadership Series features lower pricing and the perfect opportunity to further your hands-on education. This educational conference is a perfect chance to join your peers in Florida for up to three learning sessions on topics of your choice.

>>Learn more

HVN Member Spotlight
Gundersen Health System Applies Lean to Sustainability 

Gundersen embraces the pathway to lean practices in a way that brings value to its community beyond direct healthcare services. Some of its notable sustainability achievements, for example, include:

  • A solid waste recycling rate of 43 percent in 2013
  • Reduced cafeteria pre-consumer food waste by more than 70 percent
  • Installed biomass boiler - 38 percent of energy independence goal
  • Dairy manure digesters installed and operating

>>See what more of our members are doing with our latest quarterly results report

The Most Popular Book at the Summit

Why was Humble Inquiry the most popular book at the 6th Annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit? We think it's because people want to know what "leading with humility" looks like. Or it could have been the good value, or the fact that you can read it above or below 10,000 feet on your next plane trip. 

>>Buy the book